How many hop pellets in a pot of coffee before your wife notices?

[Bill9000]

I must be getting awfully bored of being stuck in the house. Today I added one Cascade hop pellet to the coffee filter basket wondering how it would taste and when my wife would notice. I seem to taste a difference (for the better) but my wife hasn't said anything. Going to keep it at one for a few days before going to two.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I would beat you for messing with my coffee.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

my wife loves coffee, and she is a bit of a hop head. i think if i were to do this i would just end up having to buy more hops. haha maybe ill try and see how long it takes her to notice.

 

[Snuffy]

Watch out. Once she notices, paybacks are hell.

 

[khannon]

Wow, I thought, what a great idea..

I know I'm a freak, I like my coffee iced, black, and not that cold brew stuff, but good old fashioned coffee, brewed, chilled, and poured over ice.

So I pulled out some chinook, buried 6 or so pellets in the grounds, and brewed it... I set it to "rich brew" which i think just slows it down?

Long story short, it adds some piney mintyness and a surprising amount of bitterness.

I'm not sure that piney mintyness is a good match for coffee.

I might try with another hop, but it might be a while.

 

[marc1]

Wow, I thought, what a great idea..

I know I'm a freak, I like my coffee iced, black, and not that cold brew stuff, but good old fashioned coffee, brewed, chilled, and poured over ice.

So I pulled out some chinook, buried 6 or so pellets in the grounds, and brewed it... I set it to "rich brew" which i think just slows it down?

Long story short, it adds some piney mintyness and a surprising amount of bitterness.

I'm not sure that piney mintyness is a good match for coffee.

I might try with another hop, but it might be a while.

Pine and mint means Christmas coffee!
Lol
Add some sugar, heavy cream, and a fancy name and it'll be $6 a cup at the coffee shop.

 

[estricklin]

Step it up slowly, half hop pellet every few days.

Are we talking decent coffee, or the red can?

 

[Bilsch]

Good question about the hop in her coffee. I wonder how many times could she clean the toilet with your tooth brush before you’d notice?

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Where's OP?

Did the wife kill him?

 

[brewdude88]

RIP bill9000...

 

[Thorrak]

Watched this thread, with email notifications.

Come on @Bill9000 , please don't leave us hanging

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Tried just a moment ago, went through the freezer and found an opened bag of bramling cross, took a good sized pellet and threw in the coffee press with the grund coffee.
I who knew it was there think I tasted a slight increase in bitterness and a liiiitle hint of blackcurrant, don't seem like you would think of it if unnaware though. Will try 2 tomorrow and update with results

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

RIP bill9000...

He got what he deserved...

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

So i dropped 2 large and one small pellet of bramling cross this morning, no reaction.
I think I have to up my game and do 5 tomorrow and see if she notice anything...

 

[Thorrak]

I'm... concerned. Everyone posts about adding a second or third pellet, and then stops posting. Have we found the limit?

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

I use a coffe press, don't think the hops are heated long enough to give off any tast in smaller amounts. Might try with a coffee pot sometime.